2010-06-26, 20:02:36
xenocide85 Wrote:First of all, there ARE a lot more options 5K HB. From Thunder tank, to Guard, to grav tank + hull and short range, to any combination of other tanks and guns at any range to tanks with troop command + a gun or hull etc. 5K affords for a lot of strategies, with 3k, you can buy the same 10 guns for the same 5 tanks.
This is not true. In normal mode you can still do most of strategies as the same as in HB mode. You just need more time/skill to save money to build up your strategies.
xenocide85 Wrote:The absolute WORST part of 3k normal (non-HB), is that the game progresses so slow early on. You kill someone and get 150-200g... a cp costs 75. That's ridiculous, you have to spend the first 15-25 minutes of the game penny pinching your cash to be able to get any good gun, hull or decent new tank.
On the contrary, for many btank pros, this is the most interesting part of the game. You feel happy when you kill 1 more creep with a nice move while your opponent doesn't. You feel happy when you use a fake tp to fool your opponent while saving 75g.
After 30min saving time (i agree this time is longer than in hb mode), you finally become a strong tank who can kill others in your way.
xenocide85 Wrote:In 5K HB, your skill is rewarded bc you actually get decent gold for killing other tanks.
I agree on this point. When i was playing HB, I also trained myself to use some new tactics to get a lot kills at early stage of the game. So i can become outstanding. (I didn't leave the game because this mode is imba, but instead I started to learn the game.)
But many of my tactics turned out to be opponent dependent. I mean, it works well when I play against noobs, it fails totally when against pros. Based on this fact, what i saw was, some of the players starting to learn to improve the personal skills. While some others, just keep hunting noobs, and don't think much about it.
Those players give a bad effect: they leave asap when they realize the tactics fail, and then go for another game to try their luck to see if there are noobs in there. This action ruined the game because teamwork is also an important factors/fun part of the game. Leavers just ruin it.
My personal feelings about HB and normal mode:
HB is like some of the american movies. You cut to the chase and see the explosions/violations directly. I don't deny this is also fun.
Normal mode is more like in the old time, you plant (with good skill), your work (with others), and you harvest. You will get more fun in this way because you earned every penny of it.
Generally speaking, I like normal mode better, but i don't hate hb. However, the mappers and dev teams are determined to kill the hb since long time ago. So I don't think the hb mode will come back.
My suggestion to the HB funs: try to become a pro in normal mode as well. The truth is, most normal mode pros can beat HB pros easily but not vice versa. When you become a real pro in normal mode and you can beat top EU players of best btank clans, you can then come back vote for HB (if you still want to do so). By that time your words will become more convincing and effective.